MEMORIES OF CLEAR WATER.(FRONT) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: October 21, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This letter is in response to the VMRC's recent decision to open certain areas in the middle Bay to oyster harvesting. I was dismayed because it appears that few will benefit from a potentially small harvest in an area that already has few oysters.

I can remember the clarity of the water on Long Creek off of the Lynnhaven River during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While standing on the shore in a marshy area, one could see the crabs scooting along the bottom, which was...